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Nashville deploys Narcan vending machine

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March 22, 2024

The Davidson County Sheriff's Office deployed a Narcan vending machine in the Nashville Downtown Detention Center. The machine offers free Narcan and a graphic on how to give a dose to an unconscious individual, according to a report by WKRN.

The machine dispenses 8-miligram boxes of Kloxxado nasal spray. It also features a QR code which goes to the DCSO's website with instructions on how to use it.

"The Tennessee Department of Health helped us buy the vending machines through grant money, and then we have a pharmaceutical supplier that's actually filling the machines at no cost to us," Jon Adams, communications director for DCSO, said in the report.

When asked if the machine promoted drug usage, Adams said in the report, "The problem is city-wide, and it's not going away. If we have an option to treat, if we have an option to help, to prevent a loss of life, then why wouldn't we take advantage of that and make it available to the public?"